The yamen servant listened to his words and looked at the brother and sister carefully.
He pointed diagonally across the street and said, "That shop sells farm tools."
The two said happily: "Thank you, sir."
"Go and come back quickly."
"Yes." After the brother and sister finished speaking, they took a large backpack and ran towards the shop.
Ye Yutong looked at the various farm tools and felt a little disappointed.
These farm tools were too bulky and difficult to carry while escaping, and there were so many people looking at them that she couldn't put them in the space.
In fact, she just wants to buy a few hoes for digging soil. When they enter the mountains, they can use the hoes to dig soil and grow food.
Ye Mingxuan saw his sister staring at those things without saying anything about buying them, so he asked: "Sister, which one should I buy?"
She shook her head and said, "Brother, why aren't there any people selling hoes here?"
The shopkeeper laughed when he heard this, "Little girl, you have to buy the hoe at the iron shop. I don't sell those here."
Ye Yutong slapped his forehead and then remembered that this was not a modern place and iron tools were not sold everywhere. He had to go to a specialized blacksmith shop.
She smiled sheepishly and said, "Shopkeeper, excuse me."
"It's okay, it's okay." The shopkeeper was a kind man. He didn't look down on them because of their shabby clothes, and enthusiastically told them the location of the blacksmith shop.
The brother and sister first went to report to the yamen servant before going to the blacksmith shop.
Ye Yutong asked about the price first. She knew that the price of ironware varied greatly in ancient times, and the price varied greatly in each dynasty.
But it's okay here, not too outrageous, and there are no regulations.
She bought six handfuls, put them in a large backpack, and covered the basket with rags.
Reaching into the backpack, he moved the four hoes to the space, leaving two outside.
The brother and sister returned to the door of the grain store, and everyone was still queuing up to buy grain.
A few men were muttering there, saying that the price of food was too high and they couldn't even buy much coarse grains with their money.
Ye Mingxuan and Yongchang went to the nearby Guan Salt Shop to buy salt. Opposite the salt shop was a shop selling fabrics. Ye Yutong said something to his elder brother and went to the opposite side.
Ye Mingxuan saw that she was so close, so he let her go first, saying that he would go find her after buying some salt.
Ye Yutong planned to buy some coarse cloth and fine cotton cloth and wait until he got to a place to make clothes.
Their family didn't have any decent clothes. Big brother, second brother's clothes are patched and his pants are too short, they look like cropped pants.
The weather is hot now. Wearing these pants to keep cool will make you suffer in winter.
She grows cotton in her space and has a few new unused quilts. When the time comes, she will ask her mother to make some cotton-padded clothes for her family to wear.
Seeing her young age and dressed like a refugee, the waiter thought she was a little beggar.
Just when I was about to kick her out, I heard her say generously: "Little brother, I want to buy two pieces of coarse cloth and one piece of fine cotton cloth. What's the price?"
"Little girl, are you kidding me?" the waiter asked suspiciously.
"Look at what the second brother said, how dare I joke with you?"
Ye Yutong pointed to the salt shop opposite and said with a smile: "My uncle and my brother are buying salt across the street. Let me come over and ask first."
"Hey, little girl, please come inside."
The waiter warmly greeted him into the store, pointed to the fabrics on the counter, and introduced them with a smile:
"We have coarse cloth and fine cotton cloth here. This material just came from the south some time ago. It is thin and soft, and the quality is very good."
Ye Yutong said with a smile: "Little brother, we came here to escape from the famine in the north. We don't have much money with us. We can't afford good materials. Just give me ordinary ones."
The waiter in the shop made a good guess based on what she was wearing.
After thinking for a while, he asked: "Little girl, we have fine cotton and black burlap here. Those are cheap. Do you want to take a look?"
Ye Yutong nodded hurriedly and said: "Excuse me, brother, please bring it and take a look."
The waiter brought out several pieces of cloth from the inner room.
The craftsmanship of the white cotton cloth is pretty good, but it is dyed with other colors, but what can you see when you wear it underneath?
She asked about the price and thought it was a good deal, so she bought the two pieces of white cotton cloth.
There was a lot of black linen and the price was very cheap, so she chose two pieces. These are enough to last their family of five for several years.
Ye Yutong had just selected the cloth and paid the money when Yongchang and Ye Mingxuan also came in.
Seeing that she bought so much cloth, Yongchang asked: "Tongtong, if you buy so much cloth at once, do you still have money to buy food?"
"Yes, Uncle Yongchang, it's the money Ping An gave me."
Everyone in the village knew about their family's situation, and there had to be an excuse for buying so many things suddenly.
Ye Yutong could only push Ping An out as a shield. It was originally given by him, so she wasn't lying.
Yongchang nodded and was about to take them to the grain store.
Ye Yutong asked: "Uncle Yongchang, this burlap is quite cheap, why don't you buy some too?"
She took two steps closer and whispered: "If we go into the mountain, I'm afraid we won't come out for a long time. We still need to buy some of these things."
Yongchang paused for a moment, then turned around and said to the waiter: "Second brother, get me two pieces of this kind of cloth."
The waiter happily responded: "Okay, just wait a moment and I'll get it for you right away."
The three of them came out of the store, and there were not many people in the grain store.
After putting the cloth and salt he bought just now on the cart, Yongchang took Ye Mingxuan into the grain store to buy grain.
Ye Yutong sat on the cart and observed the leader of the government office quietly.
Someone gave him money just now, but he didn't accept it and asked them to buy more food.
He also said that closing the city gate was not something they could decide, it was an order from above, and the admission fee was also stipulated by the prefect.
That means, if you want to hate, then hate those who give orders. It has nothing to do with them, little soldiers.
She felt that this government officer was really a wonderful person. He intentionally or unintentionally brought hatred to their prefect, and even ignored them all.
Ye Yutong pretended to be curious and asked: "Sir, I wonder how long it will take us to get to the capital?"
The man looked her over and asked, "Are you going to the capital?"
She said sadly: "Our hometown was hit by a disaster and there is no way to survive. People in the village want to go to the capital to beg for food. They say there are many noble people there and they can always give us a bite to eat."
The yamen officer sneered in his heart, thinking that the people in his village were really whimsical.
The current Yun Chao Kingdom is divided into pieces, and the current emperor can no longer control it.
Those noble people will care about the life and death of the people? I’ll give you a bite to eat, are you dreaming?
But he didn't dare to say that. Those people couldn't defeat the barbarians from the north, nor could they deal with the vassal kings from various places. But it can crush him like an ant.
He said calmly: "It's far away. If we walk, it will take a month without stopping!"
"Will it take that long?" Ye Yutong pretended to be disappointed and lowered his head.
